On its way to the Stratosphere
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Photograph
Sergeant G.B. Gilbert
Maker
On its way to the Stratosphere
1935
Gelatin silver print
Image: 15 7/8 × 11 15/16 in. (40.4 × 30.4 cm)
Mount: 23 7/8 × 17 15/16 in. (60.6 × 45.6 cm)
Gift of the Photographic Society of America, Rochester Technical Section
1949.0004.0010
Inscriptions Printed in black on applied label on mount recto, B: ON ITS WAY TO THE STRATOSPHERE \ Explorer II over a "farmland island" in the Bad Lands of South Dakota at an altitude of 16,000 feet, photographed from an airplane at a slightly greater \ elevation. Here the gas has expanded somewhat, giving the bag a shorter and broader appearance. \ Photograph by Master Sergeant G.B. Gilbert and Captain H.K. Baisley with the following equipment: \ CAMERA — K-3-B FAIRCHILD AERIAL, FAIRCHILD BETWEEN-THE-LENS TYPE SHUTTER \ LENS — EASTMAN ANASTIGMAT SERIES S, F 5.0 12-INCH FOCAL LENGTH \ FILM — EASTMAN SUPERSENSITIVE PANCHROMATIC AERO FILM \ EXPOSURE — 1/100 OF A SECOND \ SIZE OF EXPOSURE — 7 BY 9 INCHES \ FILTER — MINUS BLUE
Inscribed in pencil on mount verso, T: No. 2 On Its Way to the Stratosphere \ Nat Geo Soc
Printed in black on orange applied label on mount verso, C: first \ international \ exhibit \ SCIENTIFIC \ APPLIED \ PHOTOGRAPHY \ ROCHESTER \ TECHNICAL \ SECTION \ PHOTOGRAPHIC \ SOCIETY \ OF AMERICA \ RUNDEL LIBRARY \ MARCH 15 APRIL 3 \ 1937 \ ROCHESTER, N.Y.
Printed in black on blue applied label on mount verso, C: FROM JANUARY SECOND TO JANUARY TENTH 1938 \ EXHIBITED \ THE ART CENTER SCHOOL LOS ANGELES, CALIF
Inscribed in pencil on mount verso, BL: 17205
Stamped in purple in mount verso, BL: DEC 17 1937
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BLC: 116
Inscribed in pencil on mount verso, T: No. 2 On Its Way to the Stratosphere \ Nat Geo Soc
Printed in black on orange applied label on mount verso, C: first \ international \ exhibit \ SCIENTIFIC \ APPLIED \ PHOTOGRAPHY \ ROCHESTER \ TECHNICAL \ SECTION \ PHOTOGRAPHIC \ SOCIETY \ OF AMERICA \ RUNDEL LIBRARY \ MARCH 15 APRIL 3 \ 1937 \ ROCHESTER, N.Y.
Printed in black on blue applied label on mount verso, C: FROM JANUARY SECOND TO JANUARY TENTH 1938 \ EXHIBITED \ THE ART CENTER SCHOOL LOS ANGELES, CALIF
Inscribed in pencil on mount verso, BL: 17205
Stamped in purple in mount verso, BL: DEC 17 1937
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BLC: 116
